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The United States is facing a housing crisis, and it’s affecting potential home buyers and renters across the income spectrum. One needs to look no further than their own backyard to see the effects of this. From urban to rural, Nebraskan’s have endured an ongoing housing shortage that has hit low-income Americans particularly hard.

The time it takes to earn a master’s degree in community and regional planning has just gotten shorter for many UNL Environmental Studies majors.

With deep expertise in both architecture and interior design, Dean Katherine Ankerson has been named 2021 Chair of the Board of Directors for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). Ankerson has had a long history of volunteering for CIDA starting in 2010 as a site accreditation visitor and more recently named to their Board of Directors in 2017.

A team of researchers from three University of Nebraska institutions finished among the top 10 teams in a global competition to develop an artificial intelligence-driven model to advise policymakers on how best to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Renown diversity and design equity advocate Kia Weatherspoon, president of Determined by Design, joins the College of Architecture for the last Hyde lecture of the spring semester, presenting “Design Without Labels – Design Equity™ Strategies for All People” at 4 p.m., March 5 via Zoom. https://unl.zoom.us/j/93815719141

With demonstrated expertise in interior design curriculum development and academic leadership, Interior Design Director and Associate Professor Lindsey Bahe has been Awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC).

A team of researchers from three University of Nebraska institutions is among the finalists in a global competition to develop an artificial intelligence-driven model to advise policymakers on how it is best to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.

And with one of the most-accurate models in the early phase of the competition, the Nebraska team is well within range of the $500,000 top prize.

The College of Architecture is excited to announce border ethics and urban equity advocate team Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, principals of Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, will be giving the first Hyde lecture of the spring semester titled “Unwalling Citizenship” at 4 p.m., February 12 via Zoom. https://unl.zoom.us/j/96889170927

The College of Architecture is pleased to announce Landscape Architecture Professor of Practice Yujia Wang was named to the elite Forbes China 30 Under 30 list. Forbes names 300 outstanding young people under 30 who are active in various fields in China who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and made a considerable impact in their field.